Considering her own advancement through her military and his boring work patrolling the Wards had begun to make Garrus consider applying for admittance into the Investigations Division of C-Sec. He feels like he could help the most people working behind the scenes, uncovering the crimes and putting away the people that would make the Citadel nothing but a lawless space station. The best place to feel like he’s making a difference has to be Investigations where he could learn all the way to catch those that would otherwise run free, abusing the innocent people on the Citadel and taunting the law. In Investigations, he could do some good, make the Citadel safer and cleaner for people looking for a nice place to forget their responsibilities and enjoy what the galaxy has to offer.

People like Jane.

The only thing holding him back from submitting his application is the knowledge that there’s every chance that his father will become his superior at one time or another. Titus Vakarian worked hard to get where he is, carries the praise of being one of the best detectives on the station, and Garrus doesn’t see much reason for their paths not to cross for at least one duty rotation. For most, the idea of a family member being a superior can seem like an unfair advantage and foolish mistake in the chain of command, but the word ‘nepotism’ didn’t seem to be in Garrus’ father’s dictionary. When it came to something as serious as his profession, his father will be his toughest critic. Garrus was held to a higher standard throughout his life despite his achievements and he knows being related and under his father’s command will only raise that bar higher. It might not even take them working together for his father to develop strong opinions of Garrus’ methods, but Garrus can avoid it easier when he doesn’t have to face his father everyday as his superior, following orders that’ll be made to test him more than his fellow officers based on principle.

For as long as Garrus could remember, his father represented anything – and everything – that could go wrong for any plan Garrus laid out. When he excelled in his schooling as a child, his father would often insist that it was lacking the challenge Garrus needed, tending to supplement that missing difficulty with his own curriculum. Garrus could have been a Spectre if not for his father’s insistence against their methods, that he was better than defying the structure of set laws. He could’ve still joined if not for what he’s sure was his father’s meddling behind his back and he knew no matter what he did in Investigations, his father would love nothing more than to pick apart his cases at any and every chance he got.